Chapter 156: You've finally shown off, right?

Cao Zhiqiang didn't dwell on it, just thought Wu An was showing off, and silently cursed in his heart that this guy was really lucky.

Mai Hangyu, who was sucking in the water pit, shouted: "Brother, the water level here has dropped a lot; let me go down and play for a bit later?"

Wu An walked over to look; the fish he had caught half an hour ago, the water level in this pit had already dropped by two-thirds.

He nodded: "Okay, but be careful."

The pit isn't stable, with bumps and knocks; especially if the skin is broken and bleeding, it's quite troublesome, after all this environment is prone to infection.

Mai Hangyu agreed somewhat excitedly.

Wu An and A Qing briefly sorted the seafood, then threw the fish guard into a nearby water pit to keep it alive.

After finishing up, Mai Hangyu and Cao Zhiqiang started shouting at each other on the other side.

Wu An hurried over and asked: "What's wrong?"

Mai Hangyu pointed at Cao Zhiqiang and sneered: "Brother, your classmate has a screw loose, huh?"

"He actually asked if I was a shill you hired."

"Who is he, anyway? Why bother showing off for him?"

Wu An smiled: "Alright, don't stoop to his level."

Implicitly: This person really has a brain problem.

Cao Zhiqiang's face flushed and neck thickened; he didn't know whether he was angry or feeling stifled.

What's wrong with him, nobody cares.

Wu An and the three of them saw the pit bottom and successively went down into the water pit.

The woman said nothing, just watched the seafood fluttering in the snake skin bag, murmuring to herself that she could actually make money here, then hurried to the edge of the water pit to watch them catch fish.

As soon as Mai Hangyu went down, he saw a big fish in front of him, quickly reached out to grab it, seized it, happily lifted it up, but the fish's tail slapped him hard in the face.

"Ow, my face!"

Mai Hangyu let out a miserable cry, fell seated in the water, angrily slapped the sea bass several times, and the sea bass flailed even more violently.

One person, one fish, they started fighting in the water.

Wu An and A Qing watching also found it hilarious; men's happiness is sometimes just this simple.

"Huh, there's movement under this stone." Wu An muttered, hurried over, reached his hand under the stone, felt a fairly large gap, and as soon as he slipped his hand in, he touched a fish.

It was quite smooth, but in the blink of an eye it slipped away.

But the gap under this stone was an independent small water pit; Wu An quickly called A Qing over to help, and the two of them joined forces to move the stone.

"Clap clap clap."

After the stone was moved, the fish in the small water pit seemed to sense it was exposed and flailed violently.

A Qing caught one and examined it in his hand.

Wu An also reached out with both hands and directly pressed down on the largest one.

"It's black hair."

The two shouted in unison, seeing the smile on each other's faces.

The woman at the pit's edge shouted excitedly: "I know this fish; it's expensive, going for two or three hundred per catty."

Cao Zhiqiang looked astonished.

He had never seen this fish before and didn't expect it to be so valuable.

He saw there were several in the puddle; if added up, they could sell for six or seven hundred, which is much more than his daily wage.

Mai Hangyu also looked surprised and asked: "Brother, is this fish really that expensive?"

Wu An nodded: "It's quite pricey, tasty, high in nutritional value, and relatively rare; apparently only wild ones exist for now."

Actually, from Mai Hangyu's question one can tell this fish is rarely seen; even locals aren't very familiar with it.

Any seafood is affected by region, season, and market conditions, with prices fluctuating; here black hair fish are occasionally caught or hooked, and the price is actually okay.

If sold in other coastal areas, it could fetch a higher price.

If sold inland, the price would be outrageously high.

Mai Hangyu asked: "How tasty can it be?"

Wu An said: "Let's go to your place tonight, steam one and try it, then we'll know."

Mai Hangyu hesitated: "If you're going to sell it for money, it wouldn't be appropriate for us to eat it."

Wu An waved his hand without saying anything.

Whether it's appropriate or not, that's all up to him to decide.

The water pit is full of black hair fish, probably a whole family; now they're all neatly placed in Wu An's water bucket, big and small, the largest he caught weighs about two or three catties.

The smaller ones are about half a catty each, which isn't actually small.

The even smaller ones weren't counted; he casually grabbed them and tossed them into other nearby water pits.

As expected of a pit that can drain luck value directly, catching this many black hair fish makes the trip worthwhile.

Keep catching.

Water splashed everywhere in the pit, making people delighted.

After A Qing took two steps, he could step on a green crab with each foot.

Although there's too much seafood to catch it all, Wu An still reminded: "You two should still be careful—put down the clamps first, or make sure what it is before grabbing with your hands."

The two replied without even looking up.

Wu An continued moving stones; it's like opening a blind box—who knows whether there's a surprise or a fright underneath, but luckily his luck is good.

Basically, they all got something.

"Yo, another nest of black hair." Wu An lifted a stone and shouted happily; this nest altogether would weigh four or five catties.

That's about a thousand bucks.

The woman on the shore saw clearly and said enviously, "Cao Zhiqiang, your classmate's luck is really good."

Cao Zhiqiang hummed twice.

Catching fish is fun.

The three of them fumbled in the puddle, driving the fish back and forth, splashing water everywhere; in the end none could escape the deadly grasp.

Mai Hangyu shouted, "Brother, this is too much fun."

"Let's make another puddle."

Catching fish and shrimp can be addictive, and he's already gotten a bit hooked.

Wu An checked the time and said, "No, the tide is coming soon; don't stay halfway and get flooded, that would be annoying."

"Next time."

Only then did Mai Hangyu stop.

Without realizing it, the bucket at hand was already full; A Qing brought a snake skin bag, dumped everything in at once, then spent over an hour moving several stones, but found nothing, after which Wu An finally stopped.

He slowly straightened his back, and his bones cracked all over.

A Qing asked, "Brother, aren't we looking anymore?"

Wu An nodded.

A Qing also stopped and said, "We've been catching for over an hour, hehehe."

Mai Hangyu shouted, "I feel like my waist is about to break."

Wu An smiled.

Although tired, it felt great.

Especially when catching fish, throwing body and soul into it, one can forget all worries.

Originally, after discussing cooperation with Lao Tan to scheme against Guang Liangjun, he felt a bit weary, but after all this activity he felt much more relaxed.

Indeed, he is still not suited for doing bad deeds.

The three climbed out of the pit.

"The tide is rising."

"Let's hurry up and go ashore."

There were four buckets in total, all filled with seafood, with seawater inside to keep them alive; the three first moved the buckets ashore, then together carried the snake skin bags.

There were two large snake skin bags, mainly holding shrimp and crabs, which are harder to kill.

A Qing encountered a problem and shouted, "Brother, the motorcycle can't hold it."

Wu An looked at Mai Hangyu.

Mai Hangyu hesitated a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "I can carry one snake skin bag."

Wu An said, "I'll wash your bike when we get back."

Mai Hangyu gave a wry laugh; this Harley hadn't been sold long, and no woman had ridden it yet, but now it was first carrying a snake skin bag of seafood.

The seafood can't be delayed; we must hurry to the market.

Wu An waved at Cao Zhiqiang to indicate he was leaving; seeing Cao Zhiqiang's dazed expression, he laughed.

He should have sputtered awake by now.